LETTER: Recalls Schneller's Integrity

February 08, 2013

I was blessed to serve as executive assistant to Senate President Jerry Murphy from 1981 to 1985 and got to know Dick Schneller, who died Feb. 5, in his role as majority leader. He and Jerry constituted a great leadership team for the Democrat caucus.

Dick was a dedicated, inciteful, ethical, far-sighted and wonderful public servant. Sadly, the worlds of government and politics see too few of his caliber these days. Dennis J. Riley, Norwich